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Groklaw shutting down in MayGroklaw shutting down in MayPosted Apr 10, 2011 20:14 UTC (Sun) by elanthis (guest, #6227)In reply to: Groklaw shutting down in May by FlorianMueller Parent article: Groklaw shutting down in May
For what it's worth, anonymity was probably a good idea.
Did you know that there are video game developers who get threatened over the phone, or even face-to-face at conference, and get their cars vandalized, just because some fucked up nerdling didn't like some recent game in their favorite franchise?
If people get violent and dangerous over _that_, I can only imagine what some people would do to a high-profile polarizing figure like PJ were they to find her/his/its/their/our contact information or address.
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Groklaw shutting down in May Posted Apr 11, 2011 4:33 UTC (Mon) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link]
The probability of something like that happening is extremely low. I've done some rather controversial things and many people could have tracked me down, but nothing ever happened. When I opposed Oracle's acquisition of MySQL, a then-Sun employee sent me a nastygram in which one wording might have been meant as a threat (or maybe it was just poorly worded, the guy didn't seem very smart to say the least). That was all.
I've done some work in connection with soccer and many of the people I dealt with there are famous and soccer club officials are from time to time also threatened, but it's hard to find any incident in which anything ever happens, at least in countries in which the rule of law is intact.
Groklaw shutting down in May Posted Apr 14, 2011 14:43 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] Lucky you. Others just are more cautious, or value their privacy a lot more. Let them be, they have the same right to talk as you do.
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